Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 16:06:53 09/24/99
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On September 24, 1999 at 01:36:19, Dann Corbit wrote:
>On September 24, 1999 at 01:12:06, Christophe Theron wrote:
>[snip]
>>If somebody tells you bitboards are the way to go, don't believe him.
>Now that's what I call a beautiful tease.
>
>What is the way to go?
>;-)
Bitboards give no real advantage, except that the author feels very proud of
itself when it works (and he thinks it's so elegant!).
There are simpler data structures that work very well for chess, are very easy
to understand and program, and work on any computer, not just expensive 64 bits
processors.
Oh yes! I know, these 64 bits processors will be cheap in the future. Be
prepared to throw your current computer into the nearest trash can if you want
to use these bright bitboard programs!
It's the general trend, isn't it? The computer industry wants you to believe
that the word processor you have bought last year is now completely obsolete.
You'll have to buy another one as soon as possible. And as it will be sooooo
sloooooooow on your computer, you'll have to change your computer too.
Christophe
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